82 gsl Diesel swapped

rotarycrazy · 02-22-2012, 01:45 PM

you should have put a triangle gusset in the corners to stiffen it up a bit plus it would make it stronger with all the TQ that a diesel puts out would be cheap insurance to make sure that the weld dont crack just my .02 cents there. Nice work other than that.

12arotary · 02-22-2012, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rotarycrazy

you should have put a triangle gusset in the corners to stiffen it up a bit plus it would make it stronger with all the TQ that a diesel puts out would be cheap insurance to make sure that the weld dont crack just my .02 cents there. Nice work other than that.

i was going to do that but the clearance is too close where the oil filter sits, so instead i did a square on the bottom outside (the reason the base overhangs an inch on each side- can't really see it in the pics, hoping it acts the same way but we shall see-

02-22-2012, 01:45 PM	#1
rotarycrazy Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Spartanburg SC. Posts: 70 Rep Power: 18	you should have put a triangle gusset in the corners to stiffen it up a bit plus it would make it stronger with all the TQ that a diesel puts out would be cheap insurance to make sure that the weld dont crack just my .02 cents there. Nice work other than that.